Glastonbury Festival has secured its home at Worthy Farm after the local council granted permanent planning permission for the event. Prior to the decision, Glastonbury Festival Events (GFEL) had rolling temporary planning permission to hold the UK’s flagship festival and other events at Worthy Farm, in Pilton, Somerset. This was due to expire in 2024 …
Guns N’ Roses, Metallica and AC/DC headline new Goldenvoice metal festival
Goldenvoice has announced a new heavy metal festival that will launch in California later this year with icons Guns N’ Roses, AC/DC, Metallica and Iron Maiden. Power Trip will be held over three days from October 6-8 at the Coachella’s home venue of Empire Polo Club in Indio. The new festival comes two years after …
Basket of Light festival employs tiered ticket system for 2023 event
Basket of Light festival is utilising a tiered ticketing system for its 2023 event, with attendees paying prices in relation to their income. The UK festival will take place from June 8-11 in a secret location, which will be sent to ticket-holders closer to the time. However, organisers state on the website that it will …
Wales Government criticised over £4m land purchase for Green Man festival
The Welsh Government has been criticised by an investigation that probed its £4.25m purchase of farmland as it sought to give its backing to the Green Man music festival. Adrian Crompton, the Auditor General, said ministers acted with “avoidable haste” when they chose last March to acquire Gilestone Farm for the music, science and arts …
Mustard Media aids 1.5 million ticket sales in 2022
Mustard Media has helped clients sell 1.5 million tickets in 2022 according to the events marketing agency. The Manchester-headquartered firm worked with over 100 festivals, events, venues and exhibitions across 13 countries in the 2022 financial year. The 1.5 million ticket sales for clients is an uplift of 150% from the previous year’s 600,000 tickets. …
Glastonbury Festival’s on-site radio station breaches Ofcom rules
Glastonbury Festival’s on-site radio station has broken Ofcom rules for playing a song that contained racially offensive language. The UK’s communications regulator said that Worthy 87.7 FM breached standards after it played an unedited version of ‘Miss Understood’ by rap artist, Little Simz. Worthy 87.7 FM played the track on June 23 at 18:41 BST …
Doune the Rabbit Hole Festival Ltd enters liquidation
Doune the Rabbit Hole Festival Ltd, which runs Scottish music festival, Doune the Rabbit Hole, has entered liquidation. The festival returned in July after a two-year absence and confirmed there were outstanding payments to be made to musicians that featured at the event on Cardross Estate. It has been reported that the festival will relaunch …
Fellaz to launch membership and NFT-based ticket for music festival
Fellaz, a Singapore-based Web3 entertainment and lifestyle eco-system, is set to introduce a new NFT-based membership service. Members will be offered exclusive access to a community with the same membership status, which will enable direct communication with other members through a protocol. The membership can also be used as a premium admission pass to exclusive …
Glastonbury told to improve crowd control and noise levels in 2023
UK flagship festival Glastonbury has been asked to reduce noise and improve crowd control ahead of the 2023 event. Organisers have been told by Mendip District Council, which is responsible for issuing the licence for the festival, that there were concerns over the way the festival is managed. In a report published by the council, …
Germany’s MGNFY partners with Gigmit
MGNFY, a ticket marketing agency, festival promoter and artist management company headquartered in Germany, and music booking online platform Gigmit, have entered into a strategic partnership. The relationship with Gigmit will bolster MGNFY’s dedication to helping artists and promoters position themselves by combing data-driven management, booking and marketing. Both MGNFY and Gigmit are aiming to …